PHOENIX (Interstat) — The Cincinnati Reds used a balanced attack and a strong start from Rhett Lowder to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-5 on Saturday night at Chase Field.

JJ Bleday led the Reds’ offensive outburst, going 4-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs. Elly De La Cruz also had four hits, including a home run, and drove in a run. Matt McLain homered for Cincinnati, while Tyler Stephenson drove in three runs. Héctor Rodríguez added a home run and an RBI.

Lowder picked up the win, allowing three earned runs over six innings. He gave up six hits and struck out one. Tejay Antone and Luis Mey each pitched a scoreless inning of relief for Cincinnati.

Michael Soroka took the loss for Arizona, surrendering seven runs on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander walked three and struck out two.

Cincinnati jumped ahead in the first inning. De La Cruz doubled and later scored on Bleday’s double.

The Reds extended their lead in the third. Sal Stewart singled, and Bleday followed with a triple to score him. Stephenson then hit a sacrifice fly to bring home Bleday, making it 3-0.

Cincinnati broke the game open with three runs in the fourth. Rodríguez walked, and after a lineout, De La Cruz singled. Stewart singled to score Rodríguez. Bleday singled to load the bases. Stephenson hit another sacrifice fly, scoring De La Cruz. McLain then walked to force in Stewart, giving the Reds a 6-0 lead.

Arizona got on the board in the bottom of the fourth when Nolan Arenado homered to left.

Cincinnati answered in the fifth. De La Cruz homered to right, extending the lead to 7-1.

The Diamondbacks scored once in the fifth. Ildemaro Vargas walked and later scored on a forceout by Lars Nootbaar.

The Reds added a run in the sixth on Bleday’s solo home run to right.

Arizona responded in the bottom of the sixth. Tim Tawa homered to left-center after Arenado reached on catcher interference, cutting the lead to 8-4.

Cincinnati continued to pile on in the seventh. Rodríguez homered to right-center. De La Cruz singled, Stewart singled, and Stephenson singled to score De La Cruz, making it 10-4.

McLain homered in the eighth to give the Reds an 11-4 lead.

Arizona scored its final run in the bottom of the eighth on Ryan Waldschmidt’s single to right, scoring Arenado. The Diamondbacks loaded the bases but Nootbaar flied out to end the inning.

Cincinnati’s bullpen held Arizona scoreless over the final three innings. Antone worked the seventh, allowing one hit and striking out one. Mey handled the eighth, giving up two hits and striking out two. The Reds then closed out the game in the ninth.

Cincinnati collected 16 hits in the game, while Arizona had 10. The Reds also hit two sacrifice flies.

The attendance was 36,405, and the game lasted 2 hours and 56 minutes.

The win improved Cincinnati’s record to 62-70, while Arizona fell to 69-62.

The Reds had lost the opener of this series 9-0 on Friday, but they bounced back with their highest scoring output of the week. Bleday had been hitless in his previous three games, including an 0-for-4 performance Friday. He snapped out of his slump in a big way Saturday.

De La Cruz also continued his productive stretch, reaching base five times and scoring three runs. His home run in the fifth gave the Reds breathing room after Arizona had cut the lead to 6-1.

Stephenson drove in three runs without a hit beyond a double, thanks to two sacrifice flies and a run-scoring single.

Rodríguez, hitting at the bottom of the order, delivered his first home run of the season and also singled in the eighth.

For Arizona, Tawa went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. Arenado homered and scored twice. Corbin Carroll and Gabriel Moreno each had two hits.

The Diamondbacks had won four of their previous five games, including a 9-0 shutout Friday. Soroka had been effective in his previous starts, but Cincinnati’s hitters were patient and aggressive against him. The Reds scored in five of the first eight innings.

Cincinnati’s win snapped a two-game losing streak. The Reds had lost 10-9 to St. Louis on Thursday, then were shut out by Arizona on Friday.

Arizona’s loss ended a brief two-game winning streak. The Diamondbacks had beaten Boston 7-6 on Wednesday, then shut out Cincinnati on Friday.

The teams will meet again Sunday in the series finale at Chase Field.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Arizona 5, Cincinnati 4. Interstat’s ELO system gave Arizona a 60.80 percent probability to win. Arizona was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The combined 16 runs went over the over-under line of 8.